Police say man tried to rob delicatessen

PORT HUENEME — Police are searching for a man who attempted to rob a Port Hueneme delicatessen early Monday morning.

Port Hueneme police said the robber, described as about 23 years of age, having a slender build, brown hair and eyes, approached an employee at Roxbury Deli along the 400-block of West Channel Islands Boulevard about 6:20 a.m.

The man pressed an unknown object against the employee's side and told him to open the door and give him money.

The employee was opening the door when a second employee pulled up in his vehicle, scaring the robber away.

The robber drove east in the westbound lanes of Channel Islands Boulevard, police said. He was driving an older green or brown two-door Honda Accord.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Eric Starna at 986-6530.